AP PHOTOS: Easter celebrations around the world

(AP) - On Easter Sunday, the most holy day of the Christian calendar, believers attended religious services _ whether among the packed crowds before a new pope in St. Peter's Square, at sunrise services in India and Pakistan, or at churches flanked by blast walls and security cordons in Iraq.

Here are some scenes from Easter Sunday around the world.

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